1,096 datasets found
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Individual Responses to Affirmative Action Issues in Criminal Justice Agencies, 1981: [United States]
Department of Justice —
These data, which are part of a larger study undertaken by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, evaluate the responses of criminal justice employees to affirmative... -
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Clients of Street Prostitutes in Portland, Oregon, San Francisco and Santa Clara, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada, 1996-1999
Department of Justice —
These data were collected to examine the background characteristics, attitudes, and reported behaviors of arrested clients of prostitutes, with particular attention... -
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Domestic Terrorism: Assessment of State and Local Preparedness in the United States, 1992
Department of Justice —
This project sought to analyze states' and municipalities' terrorism preparedness as a means of providing law enforcement with information about the prevention and... -
Federal
Collection Somali Youth Longitudinal Study (SYLS) Series
Department of Justice —
The Somali Youth Longitudinal Study collected data on Somali-American youth at four time points between 2013-2019. The study was originally designed to address... -
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Impact of the No Early Release Act (NERA) on Prosecution and Sentencing in New Jersey, 1996-2000
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This study examined New Jersey's No Early Release Act (NERA), which became effective in 1997. NERA required that offenders convicted of violent crimes serve at least... -
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Anti-LGBTQ Hate Crimes in Miami-Dade County, Florida, 2005-2019
Department of Justice —
The goal of this study is to enhance public safety and community well-being through effective identification, investigation, and prosecution of anti-LGBTQ hate crimes... -
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Study of Race, Crime, and Social Policy in Oakland, California, 1976-1982
Department of Justice —
In 1980, the National Institute of Justice awarded a grant to the Cornell University College of Human Ecology for the establishment of the Center for the Study of... -
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Process and Outcome Evaluation of the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Program in Kyle, Texas, 1993-1995
Department of Justice —
This study was undertaken to evaluate the treatment process and outcomes associated with a Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) In-Prison Therapeutic... -
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Multistate Analysis of Time Consumption in Capital Appeals, 1992-2002
Department of Justice —
Despite public controversy over the length of death penalty appeals, little empirical work has been done on the time allocated to the capital appeals process. The... -
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A Case Study of K-12 School Employee Sexual Misconduct: Lessons Learned from Title IX Policy Implementation, United States, 1984-2014
Department of Justice —
These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release,... -
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Characteristics of High and Low Crime Neighborhoods in Atlanta, 1980
Department of Justice —
This study examines the question of how some urban neighborhoods maintain a low crime rate despite their proximity and similarity to relatively high crime areas. The... -
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Criminal Recidivism in a Large Cohort of Offenders Released from Prison in Florida, 2004-2008
Department of Justice —
The purpose of the study was to quantify the effect of the embrace of DNA technology on offender behavior. In particular, researchers examined whether an offender's... -
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Police Corruption in Thirty Agencies in the United States, 1997
Department of Justice —
This study examined police officers' perceptions of and tolerance for corruption. In contrast to the popular viewpoint that police corruption is a result of moral... -
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Women Coping in Prison at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women in Virginia, 1999-2000
Department of Justice —
This study contributed to the growing interest in mental illness and impairment among incarcerated individuals. It focused on the larger spectrum of psychopathology... -
Federal
A Group Randomized Trial of Restorative Justice Programming to Address the School to Prison Pipeline, Reduce Aggression and Violence, and Enhance School Safety in Middle and High School Students, North Carolina, 2014-2018
Department of Justice —
The project's overarching goals are to improve the knowledge and understanding of school safety and violence, and to enhance school safety programs through rigorous... -
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National Survey of Weapon-Related Experiences, Behaviors, and Concerns of High School Youth in the United States, 1996
Department of Justice —
This national-level survey of youth was undertaken to gather detailed behavioral and attitudinal data concerning weapons and violence. The research project sought to... -
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Missing Data in the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), 1977-2000 [United States]
Department of Justice —
This study reexamined and recoded missing data in the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) for the years 1977 to 2000 for all police agencies in the United States. The... -
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Criminal Behavior of Gangs in Aurora and Denver, Colorado, and Broward County, Florida: 1993-1994
Department of Justice —
This study was undertaken to measure the criminal behavior of gangs, including their involvement in delinquent behavior such as drug use and drug trafficking... -
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Examination of Crime Guns and Homicide in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1987-1998
Department of Justice —
This study examined spatial and temporal features of crime guns in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in order to ascertain how gun availability affected criminal behavior... -
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Examination of Homicides in Houston, Texas, 1985-1994
Department of Justice —
As a contribution to nationwide efforts to more thoroughly understand urban violence, this study was conducted to assess the impact of cultural dynamics on homicide...
1,096 datasets found